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Originally Posted by jadis
Yeah, the problem Bowie's and Stevie Wonder's fans had with their 80s work was that their heroes had "evolved". That their work was too new, too diverse and adventurous. Definitely not that it was 80s dross.
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"Evolve" doesn't imply "adventurous" and it doesn't imply "progress," which is a subjective evaluation anyway.
It just implies difference from what came before, especially where the difference is in response to environmental factors.
At any rate, people can just say that they don't like popular 80s musical trends if they don't. Some people like those trends, at least to some extent. And a lot of the artists mentioned were certainly successful in terms of sales, charts, MTV play, etc.